Preparing for My Double Mastectomy with BRCA1: An Honest Pre-Surgery Conversation About Life, Fear, and Choice

Two days before her double mastectomy, Naomi sits down for an honest, funny, and emotional chat about life with the BRCA1 gene and everything her boobs have been through.In this episode, she shares what it’s really like preparing for surgery: the fear, the relief, the drains (not glamorous), and the hope that maybe, just maybe, she’ll like her new pair. Naomi opens up about her fertility journey, losing a baby during chemo, having one frozen embryo, and the card reader who told her another baby is still in her future.If you’re navigating BRCA1, breast cancer, or life before major surgery, this episode is a grounded, relatable take no toxic positivity, no fluff, just real talk and a few laughs about the weird bits no one warns you about.